Research Article
Clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cases in Acapulco: Spoligotyping and Risk Factors
Table 4
Characteristics of the largest clusters detected by spoligotyping in Acapulco.
| No.
Cluster | Cluster size
(Number of male) | Age
(range) | Place of
birth () | Indigenous
group () | Associated
illness % () | Immune-
compromised illness () | Previous
TB % () | Contact/
TB case
% () | Husband/
wife with TB % () | BAAR
diagnostic
% |
| | 1 | 70 (45) | 41.6
(15–86) | Guerrero (62)
Oaxaca (4)
Mexico (1)
DF (1)
Gto (1)
Tabasco (1) | Nah (4) | 43% (30) | Diabetes (17)
AIDS (2)
Alcoholism (2)
Drug user (2)
undernourished (2) | 10% (7) | 39% (27) | 8% (5) | + 47
++ 23
+++ 30 |
| | 2 | 31 (21) | 41.2
(21–73) | Guerrero (28)
Oaxaca (1)
EdoMex (1)
Veracruz (1) | Nah (2) | 45% (14) | Diabetes (10)
AIDS (1) | 13% (4) | 26% (8) | 17% (5) | + 36
++ 19
+++ 45 |
| | 3 | 22 (19) | 44.0
(22–76) | Guerrero (20)
Oaxaca (1)
EdoMex (1) | Nah (3)
Mix (1) | 27% (6) | Diabetes (4)
Alcoholism (1)
Drug user (1) | 14% (3) | 41% (9) | 0 | ++ 36
+++ 64 |
| | 4 | 15 (7) | 45.4
(19–75) | Guerrero (13)
Oaxaca (1)
Michoacán (1) | Nah (1)
Mix (2) | 60% (9) | Diabetes (3)
AIDS (1)
Alcoholism (1)
Drug user (3) | 0 | 53% (8) | 0 | + 33
++ 27
+++ 40 |
| | 5 | 8 (4) | 43.6
(23–68) | Guerrero (8) | Mix (2) | 50% (4) | Diabetes (1)
Drug user (2) | 0 | 63% (5) | 0 | + 12.5
+++ 88 |
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Place of birth: DF= Federal district, Mexico; Gto= Guanajuato state, EdoMex= State of México. Indigenous group: Nah= Náhuatl, Mix= Mixteco.
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